Hiroshi Shimizu
Also Known As: Hiroshi Shimizu
Biography: Japanese actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
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Mugen jigoku: Kyôaku kin'yûdô
Overview: Kiryu Mamoru, a subordinate boss of the Tomogashira Group, earns a living through the shady business of "yamikin" or underground lending. He preys on desperate customers who cannot get loans from legitimate lenders, charging exorbitant interest rates of 30% in 10 days or even 90% in some cases, in violation of the law. With the backing of his yakuza group, he employs extremely vicious and unethical methods...
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-29
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The Spiral
Overview: A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-31
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Female Prisoner Executioner Maria
Overview: Not to be confused with the 1995 theatrical film directed by Shûji Kataoka. In "Female Prisoner Punisher Maria," a wronged woman transforms into a fierce avenger within the confines of a brutal women's prison. Amidst betrayal and violence, she unleashes revenge on those who wronged her, blending grit with empowerment in a harrowing journey.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-07-12
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Rape Hunter: Target Woman
Overview: Fuyuko, a married woman filled with grief after a miscarriage, has an affair with a younger man and finds herself involved in a robbery plot. For Fuyuko, who is at an impasse, there is no longer "family", "love" and "freedom".
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-02-02
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World Apartment Horror
Overview: A Yakuza underling is given the assignment to rid an apartment of its tenants within a week. He tries a variety of desperate tactics to no avail. Soon his problems get worse as an evil spirit makes its presence known.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-05
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Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2
Overview: The second 'Kanto Gangster Federation' film.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-06
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Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1
Overview: The first 'Kanto Gangster Federation' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-12-02
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Overview: Kawamata is a psychotic soldier who fell in with the Russian Special Operation Forces. It was at this time that Kawamata became the guinea pig for this secret scientific research organization. The Russians wanted to ensure that they were ahead of the U.S. in the arms race, and used this organization to develop a mobile combat suit, armed to the teeth with all kinds of weapons imaginable. During his tenure on the project, Kawamata met Matsuzaki, a twisted scientist who was kicked out of Japan...
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-09
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Be-Bop High School 2
Overview: Fighting is strong but female is weak, Toru & Hiroshi rampage over a female college student!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-01
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Mermaid Legend
Overview: After a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen responsible.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-04-14
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Confinement Escape Sex Slave
Overview: One of the many 'Confinement Escape' films.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-27
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Confinement Escape the Woman Who Bloomed in Hell
Overview: The 12th instalment of the confinement escape series.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-05-28
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Yokohama BJ Blues
Overview: When his police detective best friend is killed, down-at-heel private eye and part-time blues singer BJ gets the blame. He must start his own investigation to clear his name, but what he uncovers is a tangled web involving crooked cops, drug-dealing gangsters, the city's underground gay and biker scenes, and even his past.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-04-25
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Dangan Runner
Overview: A would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to shoplift a replacement mask from a nearby convenience store. The store's clerk, a washed-up rock star, chases the thief and literally runs into a Yakuza to whom he owes money. Thus begins an all-night, three-way pursuit through the streets of Tokyo.
Genres: Crime Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-11-09
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Damned Files 1
Overview: This is the first volume of a series of one-part horror dramas based on rumored haunted places, real-life stories, and accidents that occurred in various regions, and which have had a nationwide impact since being aired on Nagoya TV in July 2003.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-27
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Mahjong Madness : 10 Years Early!
Overview: Idol vehicle Mahjong flick
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-01-14
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The Law of Asuras
Overview: Saji (Motomiya Yasukaze) and his junior Tera (Yamaguchi Yoshiyuki) are members of the Kicchou Clan, a fearless yakuza group known for its long history within Yokohama. The pair are close with the captain of the group, Godou (Ozawa Kazuyoshi), whom they admire as being a devout follower of the yakuza ideal of chivalry, and the three function much like a close-knit trio of brothers. The Kicchou-kai have so far maintained a balance with the rival Hama Family, who have territory across the river. However, tragedy begins to march on Saji, Tera, and Godou when suddenly the Chairman of the Kicchou Clan is assassinated by a member of the Hama Family ...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-25
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History of Yakuza Conflict: Nishinari Conflict
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-25
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Reawaken
Overview: A lonely accountant adjusting to big city life, a struggling manga artist forced to conclude her series and a millennial convenience store clerk without direction; three women decades apart all bound by one inescapable fate.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-25
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The Successful Businessmen Handbook: Economic Tactics You Can Learn from the Yakuza
Overview: Sometimes, yakuza must face shrewd civilians even more cunning than themselves, armed only with ethics. What are the 'negotiation tactics' you can learn from yakuza beyond fights and threats!? The unparalleled negotiation skills of the yakuza, refined to perfection, are now revealed!!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-07
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Skyscraper Hunting
Overview: The ASH (Abnormal Species Humanoid) first appeared in the beginning of the 1980s. They looked like humans, but they weren't. The ASH can be identified by a pulsating appendage on their back; it resembles an embossed root clutching the spine. These humanoid creatures have the power to destroy telepathically via a deadly impulse which hemorrhages brain cells. Their goal is to populate the planet via random sexual contact and then take control. There are special police units who fight the ASH. This top secret organization is called The Society For Environment Protection and its agents are called psychosists
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-20
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Detective Story
Overview: A private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murder of a night club owner.
Genres: Drama Romance Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-16
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The Beast to Die
Overview: A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings “walks like a dead man”. Kashiwagi runs into Date, a former correspondent in the Vietnam War. There, Date discovered hell and something snapped in his mind.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-10-04
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The Most Dangerous Game
Overview: The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-04-07
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The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Overview: A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he's running from loan sharks and his personal expectations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-02
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MARKS
Overview: Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-04-22
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No More Comics!
Overview: Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-24
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No More God, No More Love
Overview: Released after seven years in prison, an inveterate thug goes from strength to ruthless strength as he makes his way through a succession of dubious jobs, illegal schemes, and brutal romances.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-03-23
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Unlucky Monkey
Overview: A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur crook who ends up with 80 million yen after a string of improbable accidents. But having so much cash doesn't make his life is any easier. In fact, it gets much more complicated when Yamazaki stabs a hairdresser by mistake and instantly becomes a hunted fugitive. He's just one unlucky monkey but can he turn his luck around?
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-07-18
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Evil Dead Trap
Overview: A talk show hostess takes a camera crew out to an abandoned factory to investigate a purported snuff film that was made there. As she gets closer to the truth, she and her friends are subjected to a brutal nightmare.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-05-14
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Yumeko's Nightmare
Overview: There's no limit to what you can see in your dreams...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-09
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Postman Blues
Overview: Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-08-16
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Assassination
Overview: "Assassination" - Adaptation of Hermann Hesse's novel "Demian". A young man's detachment from and revolt against the superficial ideals of the world of appearances and eventually awakens into a realization of self. Max Demian is his childhood friend and mentor.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-08-01
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Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
Overview: While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya (Noriko Watanabe) meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins...
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-10-10
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The Execution Game
Overview: The third movie in Tōru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a difficult job. The target is a veteran killer as good as him.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-11-17
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1941
Overview: In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
Genres: Comedy War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-14
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Kwaidan
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Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-08-21
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Mahjong Demon 2: With a White Blade on His Back
Overview: A young professional mahjong player, Sakurai Shoichi (Shimizu Kentaro), who graduated from university, was employed at a real estate company. While on a business trip with the company president (Hamada Akira) to a secluded hot spring town, he learns that an elderly couple who are the president's benefactors are in trouble. The old man was a former gambler who ran the town with honor and compassion, but his business was taken away by an emerging gangster (Hiura Tsutomu). When Sakurai Shoichi finds out that the emerging gangster is making a shady profit from mahjong, he offers to play as a substitute for the player without payment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-22
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No Grave for Us
Overview: A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-05-26
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